Retro: Baltimore, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1986

[DM601]

(Source: Frederick, Md., Post)
NOTE: Listings did not include WNUV-54.

WMAR 2 (NBC)
AM
6 Sally Jessy Raphael
6:30 NBC News
7 Today
9 Oprah Winfrey
10 Phil Donahue (instead of NBC’s Family Ties, Sale of the Century)
11 Wheel of Fortune
11:30 Scrabble
PM
12 News
12:30 Search for Tomorrow
1 Days of Our Lives
2 Another World
3 Santa Barbara
4 Magnum, P.I. (at the same time as Ch. 7 in Washington)
5 News
6:30 NBC News
7 Wheel of Fortune
7:30 Baseball: Orioles at New York Yankees (this pre-empted NBC’s Remington Steele, Cheers and Night Court)
10 1986
11 News
11:30 Benson (instead of Johnny Carson)
12A WKRP in Cincinnati
12:30 Late Night with David Letterman
1:30 Nightlife
2 True Confessions

WBAL-TV 11 (CBS)
AM
5:45 Devotions
6 Learning to Do
6:30 CBS News
7 CBS Morning News
9 Divorce Court
9:30 People’s Court
10 $25,000 Pyramid
10:30 Hollywood Squares
11 Price Is Right
PM
12 News
12:30 Young And The Restless
1:30 As The World Turns
2:30 Capitol
3 Guiding Light
4 Divorce Court
4:30 Jeffersons
5 Barney Miller
5:30 News
6:30 CBS News
7 Newlywed Game
7:30 Dating Game
8 Wizard
9 CBS Movie: “Oceans of Fire”
11 News
11:30 Sanford and Son (delaying CBS late-night programming by 30 mins.)
12A Simon & Simon
1:10 Movie: “The Spiral Staircase”

WJZ 13 (ABC)
AM
5:55 Word of Faith
6 Morning Stretch
6:30 News
7 Good Morning America
9 People Are Talking
10 Hour Magazine
11 Love Boat
PM
12 News
12:30 Loving
1 All My Children
2 One Life To Live
3 General Hospital
4 Three’s Company
5 Gimme A Break!
5:30 Taxi
6 News
7 ABC News
7:30 Evening Magazine
8 Who’s The Boss?
8:30 Moonlighting (listed as in black and white)
9:30 Jack and Mike
11 News
11:30 Entertainment Tonight (delaying Nightline by 30 mins.)
12 Nightline
12:30 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
1 Movie: “Once Upon A Family”
3:15 Movie: “Make Mine Laughs”
4:25 Movie: “Genius At Work”

WBFF 45
AM
5:30 Headline News
6 Jimmy Swaggart
6:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
7 Inspector Gadget
7:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (again)
8 Transformers
8:30 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (take 3…)
9 Ernest Angley
10 Falcon Crest
11 Columbo
PM
12:30 All In The Family
1 Movie: “Girl Happy”
3 Scooby Doo
3:30 She-Ra: Princess Of Power
4 Silverhawks
4:30 Thundercats
5 G.I. Joe
5:30 Brady Bunch
6 Star Trek
7 Fall Guy
8 Cosmos – A Special Edition
10 Headline News
10:30 All In The Family
11 Too Close For Comfort
11:30 Tonight (NBC)
12:30A no listing
1 Movie: “Breaking Away”
2:50 Movie: “Girl Happy”
4:30 Get Smart

WMPB 67 (MPT)
AM
6:30 Farm Day
6:45 AM Weather
7 American Story: Beginnings to 1877
7:30 Captain Kangaroo
8 Sesame Street
9 Mister Rogers
9:30 Unlisted instructional programs until…
PM
2:30 We’re Cooking Now
3 Sesame Street
4 Mister Rogers
4:30 Today’s Special
5 Timmy and Lassie
5:30 Colorsounds
6 MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour
7 Weeknight Alive!
7:30 Wild, Wild World of Animals
8 Live From Lincoln Center
10 Comrades
11 SCTV Network
11:30 The Avengers

 

[RALfan]

WMAR 2 (NBC)

7:30 Baseball: Orioles at New York Yankees (this pre-empted NBC’s Remington Steele, Cheers and Night Court)

I would assume Jeopardy! was preempted.

 

[mleach]

(Source: Frederick, Md., Post)
NOTE: Listings did not include WNUV-54.

WNUV would NOT have been included in these listings for, well actually for 2 reasons.

1. WNUV wasn't on cable in the Frederick area despite the clear OTA signal. About a year or two prior to these listings WNUV ( and Washington's channel 50 ) were part of the Super TV suscription pay TV service and Super TV for some unknown reason didn't offer the service to viewers in Frederick.

2. Despite having the Baltimore big 3 and WBFF on cable, Frederick was ( and still is ) in the Washington market even though there is no shortage of Frederick commuters who travel to "Charm City" to go to their jobs every day.

 

[harrisburgpatv]

Interesting that WBAL pre-empted "Card Sharks" at 10:30am for 'Squares. I wonder how long that lasted?

I've read about WBFF airing some of the network daytime shows; when did this happen?

 

[71dude]

How did "Benson" and "WKRP" get preference over Johnny Carson?

 

[Silkie]

(Source: Frederick, Md., Post)
NOTE: Listings did not include WNUV-54.

WNUV would NOT have been included in these listings for, well actually for 2 reasons.

1. WNUV wasn't on cable in the Frederick area despite the clear OTA signal. About a year or two prior to these listings WNUV ( and Washington's channel 50 ) were part of the Super TV suscription pay TV service and Super TV for some unknown reason didn't offer the service to viewers in Frederick.

2. Despite having the Baltimore big 3 and WBFF on cable, Frederick was ( and still is ) in the Washington market even though there is no shortage of Frederick commuters who travel to "Charm City" to go to their jobs every day.

No charm in "charm city" anymore.

 

[mleach]

How did "Benson" and "WKRP" get preference over Johnny Carson?

This goes back to the Fall of 83 when WMAR dropped Carson in favor of Alan Thicke's infamous "Thicke of the Night". After that show bombed, WMAR picked up sitcoms in the 11:30 slot. My guess...the sitcoms were doing well enough for WMAR they didn't want Carson ( at the time anyway ) and/or when WBFF got Carson the contracts made out in 1983 may had stated the show be with them for a number of years regardless at how well Alan Thicke would do. Come to think of it I believe TV Guide in 1984 ( maybe it was early 1985 ) had done a story about the number of NBC affiliates who had dumped Carson alltogether thinking they did the right thing by getting Alan Thicke. Of course Thicke's show bombed and while some NBC affiliates were able to get Carson Back within a short time, others had to wait for some time including WMAR.

 

[TexasTom]

This goes back to the Fall of 83 when WMAR dropped Carson in favor of Alan Thicke's infamous "Thicke of the Night". After that show bombed, WMAR picked up sitcoms in the 11:30 slot. My guess...the sitcoms were doing well enough for WMAR they didn't want Carson ( at the time anyway ) and/or when WBFF got Carson the contracts made out in 1983 may had stated the show be with them for a number of years regardless at how well Alan Thicke would do. Come to think of it I believe TV Guide in 1984 ( maybe it was early 1985 ) had done a story about the number of NBC affiliates who had dumped Carson alltogether thinking they did the right thing by getting Alan Thicke. Of course Thicke's show bombed and while some NBC affiliates were able to get Carson Back within a short time, others had to wait for some time including WMAR.

Keep in mind that while Carson was the national leader for late night ratings, his performance in local markets can and did vary dramatically. There were a number of markets (especially in the central and mountain time zones) where sitcom reruns on the ABC or CBS affiliates handily beat Carson at 10:30 PM. Presumably, some of the NBC affiliates in markets where Carson didn't perform as well wanted in on the sitcom fun.

 

[71dude]

11:30 Sanford and Son (delaying CBS late-night programming by 30 mins.)
12A Simon & Simon
1:10 Movie: “The Spiral Staircase”

Another question: Back in the days of CBS's late-night reruns and movies, were their affiliates required to carry all five nights of them (if they carried them at all) or was it a night-by-night deal?

 

[DToTheJ]

WJZ 13 (ABC)
8:30 Moonlighting (listed as in black and white)

From what I recall, it was a take-off of "Casablanca". On this day, it was a repeat of an episode that previously aired in the season; according to this page, the season premiere would not be until next week.